Category Archives: 1970s comics

robert crumb may be a very odd sort of feminist

Posted on 24/06/2018 by

he has a very odd way of not being racist by producing absolutely hideous caricatures of ethnic africans, so maybe he’s doing the same with his depictions of the female form crumb’s racist images (see ooga booga) are consciously designed … Continue reading →

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the comics code authority, sexual abnormalities + howard the duck

Posted on 15/03/2018 by

1     while still casually wondering who the villain turned out to be when they’re unmasked at the end of howard the duck 21 I came across some clues on the letters page of # 26 (c) marvel + possibly … Continue reading →

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richard corben’s use of colour

Posted on 01/04/2017 by

richard corben is not at his best drawing traditional comic book black outlines filled with solid colour, + whenever he does the colourist is usually terrible (even if it was him) his fully painted artwork on the other hand can … Continue reading →

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just got the Q P Dahl joke

Posted on 01/07/2016 by

‘Q P Dahl’ + ‘Kewpie doll’ are pronounced differently in the UK but they sound the same in the states – Lt Q P Dahl from the sally forth strip by wally wood is basically a kewpie doll in US … Continue reading →

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communication between the writers of marvel comics + their readers

Posted on 01/05/2016 by

0    preface most people who write about comics on the internet seem to have a view about the direction writers are taking a particular character.  the general format is: the readers know the previous storylines better than the current writer, … Continue reading →

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barry windsor smith’s beguiling narrative technique

Posted on 25/09/2015 by

epic illustrated 16 (feb 1983) contains an eight page strip called the beguiling by barry windsor smith which features an extraordinary narrative technique (described below under the jpgs of the first two pages) this strip appears at first sight to … Continue reading →

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apparent hulk appearance in a charlton comic (ghostly haunts 37 – jan 1974) by steve ditko

Posted on 24/02/2014 by

this is a short article intended to identify a curiosity which may not be widely known about.  it is not supposed to be interpreted as being of the same order as some of the slightly tenuous links proposed in the … Continue reading →

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